In the Lives of Puppets
T.J. Klune
Science Fiction / Fantasy
In the Lives of Puppets
by T.J. Klune
—· 432 p· 2023
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Overview
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In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe.
The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled "HAP," he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio-a past spent hunting humans.
When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio's fo…
Part of a series
The Extraordinaries
Vol. IV · 5 of 8 volumes
VOL 2
2
II
Flash Fire
3 more volumes
Pages
432
St. Martin's Press
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Chosen Family10
Emotional depth9
Emotional Stakes9
Worldbuilding8
Narration8
Pacing8
Prose7
Plot twists7
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